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Leather Scale Armor

For the purpose of our Larp events I started making my own costume for the character I usually play. For the armor I decided to create a lightweight Scale armor made of leather. First I had to find out what shape of scales would give me the desired look. Scales can be found in a variety of shapes from simple squares to more complex patterns.
Scales and rivets.

After cutting out all the scale pieces (a lot of them) add poking holes through the corners, it was time to bind them together. This can be done in many ways, for example binding them with rope, metal rings, rivets… The look I was going for involves rivets (around 200 rivets used for the whole armor). Every scale, except those on the edges of the armor, is connected to four neighboring scales.

Breast-plate (front view).

For fastening the armor around the torso, there are two leather straps located just under the armpit. They can be easily adjusted by the wearer at any time.

Back-plate (back view).

Armor is not finished yet and it is still in the process of making. The next step is to add pauldrons to cover the shoulder area and upper arms.